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y k y cm IN LOVE WITH INDIA TUSSLE OVER PORTFOLIOS OLI-PRACHANDA TALKS FAIL Actor Evelyn Sharma says she has been After the second expansion of MP Cabinet, The talks between embattled PM K P Sharma trying different looks but Indian attires pulls and pressures are on over Oli and the NCP’s executive chairman Prachanda failed are one of her favourites LEISURE | P2 allocation of portfolios TWO STATES| P7 INTERNATIONAL | P10 VOLUME 10, ISSUE 95 | www.orissapost.com BHUBANESWAR | MONDAY, JULY 6 | 2020 12 PAGES | `4.00 Fate of Maharaja’s art collection hangs in balance AGENCIES lection of exquisite and antique tex- by tax payers’ money and, hence, the tiles in different fabrics - including AIR INDIA DISINVESTMENT collection should have been appraised Mumbai, July 5: While the Modi gov- the famous “Shringar” collection of cos- by experts and valued every year. ernment wants to make a 100 per cent tumes, which has been displayed both The RTI response further said that divestment in Air India (AI), which has in India and abroad to high acclaim. the art catalogue was not going to be a combined debt of `60,074 crore, there Even as the national carrier is out on part of the assets for sale of the airline. is no decision on what it will do with the block one would reckon that such a This is strange as the airline is bleed- the 8,000 pieces of priceless art col- magnificent collection of around 8,000 ing tax payers’ money and something lection housed in the iconic AI build- pieces of priceless art would be part of that would add rare value to the sale ing in Mumbai. the asset evaluation of AI for its bidders. should have been included. The art collection includes paintings Wrong. The art collection has disap- The RTI was categorical that the AI by MF Hussain, VS Gaitonde, KH Ara peared mysteriously from the evaluation. art collection is not part of the sale Four Maoists gunned and Kishen Khanna. The artifacts A journalist had filed a Right to prospectus of AI. This inevitably leads there include approximately 2,500 Information (RTI) application in to the question that once AI is sold down in Kandhamal modern and traditional sculptures, February this year seeking to know what will happen to the AI’s art col- by artists such as B Vithal, Pillo from the Ministry of Aviation the fol- lection. The RTI response claims that POST NEWS NETWORK SOG, DVF at Tumudibandha, Pochkhanwala and P Janakitan. lowing: ‘When was the last valuation since the collection has never been cat- Kandhamal. Security forces In fact, AI was considered a signif- of the art works carried out?; ‘What alogued or valued how it will be disposed. Phulbani, July 5: Four were fired upon and they re- icant patron of the Progressive Artists is the valuation?; ‘Has this valuation Sources say in-house valuations Maoists with cash rewards taliated in self-defence. There Group in the 1950’s which comprised been included in the sales prospectus assets for sale or is it going to be sold major art collection possessed by AI based on the prices the artists command on their heads were killed in are four casualties on Maoists world famous artists. AI, in its tax of AI?’ and ‘Has the art catalogue of separately? has never been valued. This is shock- in the open market the collection could an encounter with police in side. Some of them are in- payer-funded treasure chest, has a col- the AI collection been included in the The RTI respnse confirmed that the ing as this art collection was paid for be worth `500 crore or more. southern Odisha’s Kandhmal jured. Combing operations district Sunday morning. are on in the area. The SP is Sources said that acting on also at the spot," tweeted a tip-off, District Voluntary Odisha Police. IRREGULAR by MANJUL FOURTH OF JULY Force (DVF) and Special Huge cache of arms and Operation Group (SOG) per- ammunition has also been COVID-19 TALLY sonnel launched a joint comb- seized from the spot. ing operation in Sirla vil- Chief Secretary Asit lage under Tumudibandh Tripathy congratulated the police limits at around 7 am. officers and jawans for the During the operation, successful operation. the Maoists opened fire at “Congrats to Officers & CROSSES 9K-MARK the security personnel who Jawans of Odisha Police on immediately retaliated. successful ops in Kandhamal. However, after an hour-long Their brave action is much encounter, the Left-wing appreciated. Death of four extremists stopped firing Maoists confirmed. This IN STATE, 36 DEAD and managed to escape from strengthens our resolve to the spot. free our state from extrem- Wait a minute! Seems like POST NEWS NETWORK Bargarh and Angul, he said. Later, the security per- ism and spur all round de- somebody has already informed The official said 469 more people, sonnel found the bodies of velopment in the state,” the gangster about the raid! Bhubaneswar, July 5: The state’s including four National Disaster four Maoists, including that tweeted the Chief Secretary. COVID-19 tally Sunday crossed the Response Force personnel tested pos- of a woman, at the spot. All Combing operations are 9,000 mark with 469 fresh cases, itive for coronavirus. four of them are suspected underway in the forest in the Three test COVID while two more fatalities due to the The NDRF personnel were placed to be members of the presence of Kandhamal SP infection pushed the death toll to 36, under institutional quarantine Bansadhara-Nagavali- Prateek Singh. Police sources +ve at BMC office a health department official said. after their return from West Bengal, Ghumusar division of the said that all the four Maoists The number of coronavirus pa- where they had gone for restoration banned CPI (Maoist), the belonged to Bansadhara- POST NEWS NETWORK tients in the state rose to 9,070. work in the wake of cyclone DGP Abay said. Ghumusara-Nagabali (BGN)) Two men succumbed to the dis- Amphan, the official said. Fourth of July fireworks explode over the Lincoln Memorial, the Washington Monument and “There was an exchange division of the outlawed CPI- Bhubaneswar, July 5: Following ease while undergoing treatment Taking the four into account, the US Capitol along the National Mall in Washington PTI of fire between Maoists and Maoist outfit. detection of three positive cases, at hospitals, he said. the number of disaster response per- the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) Saturday Kerala extends sealed the engineering section on How the numbers galloped its premises for 48 hours. The April 25 100 IT dept amends TDS form staff has been asked to go under COVID regulations home quarantine. According to May 6 200 the BMC Commissioner Prem May 9 300 till July 2021 AS PER THE AMENDED FORM, BANKS WILL HAVE TO REPORT TDS Chandra Chaudhary, an execu- FOR CASH WITHDRAWALS ABOVE `1 CRORE tive engineer, an assistant engineer May 11 400 PRESS TRUST OF INDIA and a driver had gone on leave to May 12 500 PRESS TRUST OF INDIA tory for all other deductors to men- attend a wedding in Sambalpur, Thiruvananthapuram, July 5: tion their PAN in the form. June 26. They underwent COVID- May 19 1,000 In a bid to cut the chain of trans- New Delhi, June 5: The Income Kumar said, “The new forms are 19 test after returning to July 4 9,000 mission of the novel coronavirus Tax department has amended the more comprehensive and require Bhubaneswar and following which and to minimise the potential of TDS form, making it more com- payers to report not only those they tested positive. “Both the en- “Regret to inform the demise of sonnel testing positive for the virus its spread, Kerala Sunday amended prehensive and mandating de- cases where TDS is deducted, but gineers on their return were asked a 40-year-old COVID positive pa- has increased to 299. the state Epidemic Disease ductors to state reasons for non-de- also cases where TDS is not de- to undergo home quarantine. Only tient from Gajapati district and a Of the fresh 469 cases, 317 were Ordinance, putting the COVID- duction of tax. ducted for any reason. Separate when one of them complained of 64-year-old man from Sundergarh detected in quarantine centres and control regulations in the state in As per the amended form, banks codes have been provided to cover fever Tuesday we tested their district, who was also suffering 152 were found as an outcome of the place for the next one year. will also have to report Tax Deducted different situations of deduction blood samples. Some staff mem- from diabetes,” the official said. contact-tracing exercises, the offi- With coronavirus cases gradu- at Source (TDS) for cash with- of TDS at lower rate/non-deduc- bers might have come in contact A 45-year-old woman from cial said. ally increasing in Kerala, the state drawals above `1 crore. tion of TDS.” with the two engineers,” Balasore district, who tested pos- The new cases were reported government has issued new guide- Through a notification, the The revised forms and rules Chaudhary stated. Questions have itive for COVID-19, died but her from 20 districts. Ganjam regis- lines to act as preventive meas- Central Board of Direct Taxes also seek to incorporate report- now been raised against the han- death was due to "massive haem- tered 116 fresh cases, followed by ures against the pandemic. The (CBDT) has amended Income Tax ing for new sections of TDS in- dling of the pandemic by the BMC.